Tools of an author
D. Hale Rambo’s debut novel puts diversity front and center
D. Hale Rambo describes herself as a “nerdy, book-loving Black woman” who grew up loving to read, but never seeing someone like her as the main character in any of the books she read. Now as an adult, she is combining her love of books, her love of story-telling and her love of the world of Dungeons and Dragons to create stories that bring the diversity of the world both real and imagined into leading roles.
The author and Dungeon Master sat down recently to answer a few questions about how the characters of her first book,
We are pleased to offer an excerpt from the December 2020 edition of the online magazine,
Bright Wall/Dark Room. For their December issue, they have taken a different approach than usual, and are focusing on individual shots and frames from specific films. In addition to Lainey Wood s piece on the hand flex frame from Pride & Prejudice (excerpted below),
the December issue also features new essays on individual frames from Field of Dreams, The Piano, When Harry Met Sally, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Mermaids, The Lego Batman Movie, Purple Noon, The Great Dictator, The Wrestler, The Sacrifice, Nosferatu the Vampire, The Hunt for Red October, Still Life, Home Suite, and Derek Jarman s Blue.